He responded: "We are working together and giving the responsibility to the player. I think he can take the responsibility like a captain, but let's not forget [Laurent] Koscielny because he is captain as well."

"Petr Cech and Aaron [Ramsey] played as captains in friendly matches. I'm thinking maybe of one more player."

On the position Ozil played in Emery's new 4-1-4-1 formation, he added: "We want to give him the best position where he feels on the pitch.

The German midfielder got on the scoresheet in Arsenal's win over PSG (Image: AFP)

"We started today with Mohamed [Elneny] and Matteo [Guendouzi] and then they tried to find through the lines players like Mesut and [Henrikh] Mkhitaryan.

"It depends, because Mesut can play on the right. We want to find with their quality, with their good positioning. I think in the first half we played good."